Everyone wakes up to a different concept of reality. The most common is a peaceful one. Some find joy in opulence like a brand new car in the garage. Those who suffer misfortune get caught in trying circumstances. The world moves according to how we perceive it. Events have floodgates which open and close to well in a dam or let water break loose in a mighty fall.
Getting snatched by the rushing currents makes us bugs stuck in a cobweb. The harder we struggle to get free the more ensnared we become principally because the exertions sink us deeper into the maze. We must not lose sight that we have something up our sleeves more than just the material component. The plight of ordinary insects doomed in a quagmire is a one dimensional problem in the natural plane. We are actually made of sterner and higher stuff. We have our mind to lift us to the intellectual and the spiritual heights. And we have our hearts to transpose challenges to the inspirational and the transcendental flipside of actual and current experiences.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with enjoying expensive sports cars. They are actually symbols of achievement in the manner of possessions. Excelling in the accumulation of wealth and reaching the zenith of the economic ladder are important steps in the development of men and the institutions they founded in furtherance of culture and civilization. The modern technologies we see around us today are the fruits of the rightful use, multiplication, and preservation of resources. The next logical step that has been overlooked thus far is the equitable distribution of the bounty to eradicate the remaining ills like famine, disease, poverty, and illiteracy.
Same with the poor man represented by the insect that is so challenged and periled in the clutches of a sticky web and same as the rich man who basks in the luxurious mansions, extravagant yachts, and the sporty automobiles, the next step up is through the heart and the next stride forward is through the mind. Praying and giving glory to the Almighty Father God, the Abba Krishna will bestow a superior grasp to cope with unfolding realities through the power of the heart to fly over barriers and stumbling blocks on the wings of the inspiration given by love. In the same vein, through power of the mind to rise to noble ideals at the end of one’s existence on earth, a rich tycoon’s treasure trove is blessed not for him to transport to the other life but to bequeath as patrimony not only to his beloved heirs but for his country and fellow human beings as well.
The Abba Krishna blesses the poor man with strength from faith and hope to overcome his travails. The Abba Krishna blesses the rich man for his exemplary life which made living on earth a progressive step to enrich others and be reunited with the Creator at the end of the journey.
